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Byline: Shivam Mishra China’s WH Group has confirmed plans to list 20% of Smithfield Foods, the pork processor it bought more than a decade ago, in its home market of [...]

Byline: Shivam Mishra Branding Iron, a US-based provider of branded and private label meat products, has been acquired by Kingswood Capital Management. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. [...]

Byline: Shivam Mishra Lolli & Pops, a speciality retailer of confectionery and chocolates, has acquired US-based sweets business Hammond’s Candies. The acquisition is a 'significant milestone' in its growth strategy, [...]

Byline: Andy Coyne Little Moons, a UK maker of mochi dough ice cream, is mulling the closure of a domestic factory just over a year after its opening was announced. [...]

Byline: Our Bureau, New Delhi The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal husbandry & Dairying organised Investors Meet 2024: Investment Opportunities in Fisheries and Aquaculture sector of Andaman & [...]

Byline: Our Bureau, Mumbai Cellar 33 made a memorable impact with a successful showcase at ProWine India 2024, presenting a curated portfolio of premium champagne, wine, and spirits to an [...]

Byline: Our Bureau, New Delhi A Regional Review Meeting of the Northern States/UTs was held in New Delhi under the chairmanship of Alka Upadhyaya, secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry and [...]

A refined study by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), involving 156 countries confirms that hidden costs within global agrifood systems amount to approximately $12 trillion [...]

Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd., has provided an update on its work to explore potential divestment options for its global consumer business, as well as integrated businesses Fonterra Oceania and Fonterra [...]

MilkyMist, a renowned dairy innovator from South India, has teamed up with SIG and AnaBio Technologies to introduce the world's first long-life probiotic buttermilk in aseptic carton packs. This groundbreaking [...]

Sabic, a global leader in the chemical industry, has joined forces with Iyris (formerly RedSea), a sustainable AgriClimate Tech business and Napco National, a vertically integrated Saudi manufacturer of flexible [...]

Steinecker GmbH, a subsidiary of Krones, has been honoured with the 2025 German Sustainability Award (GSA), in the Products category, which is being presented for the first time this year [...]

Leading Australian brand MasterFoods has announced a major step forward in its sustainability journey with a trial of new paper-based packaging for their Squeeze-On Tomato Sauce packs, which can be [...]

Byline: Ashwani Maindola The FSSAI has issued draft Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2024, wherein it has prescribed standards for haleem applicable to [...]

Byline: Adam Leyland Asda's trading woes continue, but it nudged ahead of nearest rival Sainsbury's with its sixth win of the year in week 20 of the Grocer 33 price [...]

An Ocado-backed tech firm that planned to establish a UK-wide network of pipes to deliver food and other goods to customers has gone into voluntary liquidation. Magway's ambition was for [...]

Byline: Grace Duncan T he UK fishing industry has a problem, says Patrick Salmon, the aptly-named owner of fish smokehouse Alfred Enderby, which has been trading on Grimsby Docks since [...]

Byline: Adam Leyland & Megan Tatum The Grocer's New Product & Packaging Awards 2024 shows once again that innovation is alive and kicking. So what better place to celebrate that [...]

Byline: Stephen Jones Waitrose won our mystery shop for the second week in a row with its 'lovely' Lincoln branch. Waitrose scored 77 in a victory built on strong availability, [...]

Byline: Ian Quinn Supermarket bosses from Tesco, Sainsbury's and M&S this week revealed the biggest cross-industry move yet to tackle food waste. Working alongside major food manufacturers, the new food [...]

Byline: James Scallan The food and beverage sector has faced intense scrutiny in the past few months, and various issues - from rising costs and shifting consumer preferences to regulatory [...]

Byline: Reshma Sheikh In recent years, businesses have committed to a range of diversity and inclusion initiatives, making strides in creating more inclusive workplaces and building diverse supply chains. However, [...]

M&S is rolling out selfcheckouts for a trolley shop, occupying as much space as a staffed checkout and including a conveyor belt. Referred to as 'assisted belted checkouts', they have [...]

Niamh Leonard-Bedwell Own-label dips are disappearing from supermarket shelves amid the ongoing strike by workers at Bakkavor Spalding. Around 450 of the factory's 1,400-strong workforce walked out in September after [...]

Kit Kat sponsors F1: Kit Kat has become the offi- cial chocolate bar of Formula 1. Launching in 2025, the partnership will see Kit Kat bringing activations, prizes and branded [...]

Just five food companies were responsible for 80% of pre-watershed advertisements for snacks and confectionery in a study carried out as part of a damning report into the nation's food [...]

Waitrose is set to overhaul more of its ownlabel lines in the new year, as it steps up its NPD efforts. The supermarket has been buoyed by the 'significant uplift' [...]

JUST NOT POSSIBLE A fruit pouch that claims to contain even close to 5g of sugar per 100g should raise eyebrows. It is just not possible - industry [...]

Byline: Ed Devlin Little Freddie babyfood pouches designed for weaning babies have been found to contain higher levels of sugar than stated on pack labelling, with some products having almost [...]

Arla Foods has launched a raof new products across its branded yoghurt range. The dairy giant has expanded its Lactofree, Skyr and Protein brands as part of new investment into [...]

Byline: Grace Duncan Butter prices have risen by as much as 20.8% over the past month, following a tightening in supply of milk and cream. Thirty-seven out of 117 butter [...]

TRUMP What new US president will mean for UK food and drink , , GUT HEALTH TurmericCoinnovel foods battle with FSA BAKKAVOR Mezzemayhemasstrike action spreads from soup to dips HEALTH [...]

Defra has announced support to boost England's resilience to flooding through additional cash for farmers and rural communities. Some PS50m is being made available to internal drainage boards, public bodies [...]

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This week saw the launch of a major new multi-retailer and manufacturer collaboration to transform food redistribution and deliver thousands more tonnes of edible surplus. Having leaders like Simon Roberts, [...]

Heck Check: Heck has launched a limited-edition version of its Chicken Italia sausages for November, titled 'Check'. The launch is in collaboration with testicular cancer charity Cahonas. Mushroom variety: Kent-based [...]

Innovation is the lifeblood of the fast-moving consumer goods industry. And The Grocer's New Product & Packaging Awards last week (p26) was an important reminder of the incredible contribution that [...]

Blow for Asda as Andrew Staniland changes course Asda boss Stuart Rose on 470 job cuts: 'that's life' Asda data breach warning from insider aer job cuts The battle for [...]

We join the fishermen on the first day of Alaska's 2024 Copper River salmon [...]

Just Eat. Takeaway shares rallied this week on news it was finally offloading US delivery service Grubhub for $650m. The group acquired the business for more than $7bn in 2021, [...]

'I hate the word 'footfall'. I don't want footfall, I want customers' [...]

Farmers aren't completely delighted with the new government's first budget, it's fair to say. But a few might be reassured by newly elected Labour member Steve Witherden. He had to [...]

Battered is the fastest grower in the chilled fish category, according to Kantar. [...]

Premier Foods will be largely unaffected by the upcoming National Insurance hikes that are set to load supermarkets with hundreds of millions in extra costs, according to its boss. Speaking [...]

Byline: Dene Mullen A ny institution that's been around for 364 years has seen its share of ups and downs. But the Post Office has rarely taken a kicking like [...]

SOREEN FOR SALE Soreen has done very well under Samworth's stewardship, but it remains the outsider in its branded portfolio - a City source [...]

Waken Mouthcare, the oral care brand launched by the founders of Bulldog Skincare, is looking to raise a minimum of PS900k via crowdfunding site Republic Europe (formerly Seedrs). The brand, [...]

Byline: Ed Devlin Samworth Brothers has put iconic malt loaf brand Soreen on the auction block to focus on its core range of products, The Grocer has learned. The Leicestershirebased [...]

Kerry Group has agreed to sell its Irish dairy operation to Kerry Co-operative Creameries for €500m (PS415m), in a move that completes its transformation into a pureplay ingredients company. Kerry [...]

Byline: Ed Devlin Morrisons' in-house Rathbones bakery has slumped into the red as speculation continues to intensify around a potential acquisition by Hovis. Newly filed accounts at Companies House from [...]